2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	2024 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue:	Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA
Competitors:	51
Nations:	36
Win Value:	55.59
Gold:	Méta Tumba
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Wiktoria Gadajska
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Hannah Van Niekerk
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	2022
Next:	2026

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 28, 30 and 31 August 2024.

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:^[1]

Record	Mark	Location	Date
World U20 Record	53.60	Fayetteville, United States	27 April 2018
Championship Record	54.70	Kingston, Jamaica	19 July 2002
World U20 Leading	57.12	Eugene, United States	6 June 2024

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the semi-finals.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	5	Tumi Ramokgopa	58.04
2	3	Jasmine Robinson	58.25
3	7	Rebecca Slezáková	58.63
4	2	Essi Niskala	58.90
5	8	Siena Farrell	59.58	,
6	9	Uršula Černelč	1:00.29
7	6	Shani Zakay	1:01.51
8	4	Anja Dubler	1:01.83

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	5	Michelle Smith	57.85
2	1	Candice Von Paulen	58.00	,
3	6	Zoë Laureys	58.99
4	7	Maša Garić	59.53
5	9	Duna Viñals	1:01.20
6	2	Helen Bernard Stilling	1:01.24
7	8	Elise Eikeland	1:01.50
8	4	Sofia Copiello	1:01.53
9	3	Kei-Mahri Hanna	1:04.84

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time
1	9	Mila Heikkonen	58.68
2	5	Braelyn Baker	59.31
3	4	Viola Hambidge	59.72
4	3	Giulia Wirth	59.93
5	2	Anouk Krause-Jentsch	1:00.38
6	7	Aki Yajima	1:01.02
7	6	Jenna-Marie Thomas	1:01.91
8	8	Tina Polić	1:03.42

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time
1	6	Alesha Bennetts	59.04
2	7	Kelly Ann Carr	1:00.61
3	2	Gloria Guerrier	1:00.65
4	1	Haru Hiraki	1:00.91
5	5	Mariangel Nuñez	1:01.12
6	3	Yalun Wang	1:02.04
7	4	Cristina Coman	1:02.34
8	9	Ana González Velásquez	1:03.29
9	8	Eva Barbarić	1:03.55

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time
1	4	Méta Tumba	58.05
2	2	Hannah Van Niekerk	58.44
3	9	Aleksandra Suchenek	59.73
4	3	Shreeya Rajesh	1:00.07
5	7	Mariem El Zahidi	1:01.49
6	5	Ximena Vasquez	1:01.59
7	1	Amanda Da Silva	1:02.11
8	6	Tuyet Le Thi	1:03.06
9	8	Deschanique Douglas	1:05.43

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	5	Wiktoria Gadajska	58.62
2	9	Nina Radová	59.14
3	7	Petra Lalik	59.30
4	3	Mia Meringo	59.59	,
5	2	Selma Ims	59.94
6	8	Gal Natanel	1:00.92
7	6	Taiwo Kudoro	1:01.51
8	4	Greta Vuolo	1:01.52

First 2 of each heat (Q) plus 2 fastest times (q) qualify to Final.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	8	Méta Tumba	56.79
2	6	Wiktoria Gadajska	57.19
3	7	Hannah Van Niekerk	57.41	,
4	4	Viola Hambidge	58.91
5	2	Giulia Wirth	59.18
6	9	Petra Lalik	59.30
7	5	Nina Radová	59.34
8	3	Siena Farrell	1:00.96

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	8	Michelle Smith	56.39
2	7	Candice Von Paulen	56.81	,
3	9	Rebecca Slezáková	57.64	,
4	5	Alesha Bennetts	57.92
5	6	Braelyn Baker	57.97
6	2	Essi Niskala	59.05
7	3	Selma Ims	59.53
	4	Gloria Guerrier

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time
1	8	Jasmine Robinson	57.37
2	7	Mila Heikkonen	57.79
3	6	Tumi Ramokgopa	57.96
4	9	Zoë Laureys	58.21
5	4	Aleksandra Suchenek	58.46
6	2	Maša Garić	58.91
7	3	Mia Meringo	59.81
8	5	Kelly Ann Carr	1:00.33

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Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Women - Round 1 - Start list . World Athletics . 28 August 2024 . 27 August 2024.
Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Women - Round 1 results . World Athletics . 31 August 2024.
Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Women - Semi-Final results . World Athletics . 31 August 2024 . 30 August 2024.
Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Women - Final results . World Athletics . 31 August 2024 . 31 August 2024.